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Re: Vibrator virus steals your personal information

BrightonDan — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:11:07 -0000

Would there have been a risk of infection (would the file have been downloaded) if "AutoPlay" had been disabled?
(AutoPlay is the Windows misfeature that automatically executes software on a USB-inserted device. It is, idiotically enough, enabled by default.)

Re: UPDATED: How to use a smart thermostat with electric baseboards or wall heaters

BrightonDan — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 12:35:09 -0000

Paul, while it's true that the transformers built into Honeywell's solid state relays are pretty lame, you can simply buy the non-transformer version, which has the further virtue of being agnostic as to the voltage of the heating load. All you need is your basic, incredibly inexpensive, external 24 volt transformer to power this thermostat. (I like the Functional Devices brand.) You'd buy the Aube (aka Honeywell) RC840. Not the RC840T. Or for short cycle times (which you WANT for electric baseboard!) instead get the RT850.

Re: The red herring of experience

BrightonDan — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:20:50 -0000

Nicholas Kristof of The NY Times goes to this important point in his op-ed column, "Hillary, Barack, Experience"
http://www.nytimes.com/2008...

Not so focused on Nabeel's point, but related, is Kristof's more-recent op-ed "Who Is More Electable?"
http://www.nytimes.com/2008...

These columns share an evidence-driven approach to debunking an important myth about Hillary v. Obama.